Atlanta United dominated the voting as six players from the second-year team were voted to the Major League Soccer All-Star Fan XI, it was announced Monday.

As it turns out, the game will be held in Atlanta Wednesday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. (ESPN, UniMás, TSN and TVA Sports).

Being voted to the Fan XI doesn’t necessarily mean a player will start against Juventus at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. That will be determined by all-star head coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino, whose Atlanta United have the most points in MLS. Martino will select the Starting XI from the 24-man MLS all-star roster.

Los Angeles Football Club and Mexico National Team forward Carlos Vela, the EA SPORTS™ “More Than a Vote” Challenge winner, has participated in World Cup experience (2010, 2018 World Cups). He is joined by LA Galaxy striker and Sweden’s all-time goal scoring leader Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a former Juventus player and two-time World Cup participant (2002, 2006). Rounding out this group are LAFC and Belgium defender Laurent Ciman (2014), Sporting Kansas City and U.S. men’s national team defender Graham Zusi (2014) and two-time USMNT World Cup goalkeeper Guzan (2010, 2014).

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Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered eight World Cups, seven Olympics and all 21 MLS Cups. He writes about New York City FC, New York Cosmos and the U.S. national team for Newsday and pens a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has two more in the works, including one about the Rochester Lancers.